On Friday and Saturday, October 27th and 28th, the CHS Swim Team earned its 31st consecutive Capital City Swim League (CCSL) Title in the championship meet held at Crawfish Aquatics.
CHS won the team title amassing 599 points, just 65 points shy of a perfect score. Baton Rouge High placed 2nd with 367 points. The Bears won 9 of the 11 events contested and swept all three relays in convincing fashion.
Additionally, CHS swimmers won 6 of the 8 individual events and scored in the Top 8 in 33 out of the 35 total finals swims.
Individual City Champions were:
Alex Cooper – 200 Free, 100 Back
Sammy Smith – 50 Free, 100 Free
James Stuckey – 100 Fly
Harrison Martin – 100 Breast
8 CHS swimmers were named Metro Swimming All-Academic Team:
Briggs Bargas
Alex Cooper
Beau Gautreau,
Andrew Hansen
Harrison Martin
Joseph Mensman
Sammy Smith
James Stuckey
Male Swimmer of the Meet: Alex Cooper
8 CHS swimmers placed in the Top 3 in their respective events and will be named All-Metro High School swimmers:
Alex Cooper
Jackson DeJean
Harrison Martin
Sammy Smith
Eric Jurkovic
James Stuckey
Jackson Gautreau
Blake Talbert
The final team scores were:
1. Catholic High School Bears 599
2. Baton Rouge Magnet High School 367 3.
Dutchtown High School 178
4. Zachary High School 158
5. Denham Springs High School 149
6. Episcopal High School 99
7. St. Amant High School 92
8. University High Swimming 88
9. The Dunham School 67
10. Ascension Christian High 58
Full results are available at: http://www.crawfishaquatics.com/docs/boys_results_prelims_and_finals_2023_ccsl_city_championships.pdf
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